SOLDIERS INJURED IN ACCIDENT IN BERLIN

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More than a dozen soldiers from the sixth brigade of Usulután were injured this afternoon when the vehicle transporting them to relieve members of the Salvadoran army overturned in the area of the municipalities of Berlin and Alegría.

The soldiers suffered various traumas after rolling along the roadway and were assisted by rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento sections in Alegría, Berlin and Jucuapa, who transported the first injured victims to the Santiago de María National Hospital.

The Fuerza Armada personnel were stabilized by doctors at the National Hospital, and ambulances from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador later transported them to the Regional Military Hospital based in San Miguel.

Among the injured military personnel are: José Enrique Luna, 29; Eduardo Alexander Aguilar, 21; Jeferson Rivaldo Martínez, 22; Jorge Alberto Obando, 38; Ana Yoseline Hernández Guevara, 28; Merlín Nayely Jiménez Molinar, 21; Kevin Fernando Vásquez Trejo, 27; Meilyn del Tránsito González Beltrán, 28; José Abel Ascencio, 37; Manuel Heriberto Serrano Chávez, 34; Kevin Carranza, 21; and Erick Fernández López, 28.

Other victims were assisted by members of the Policía Nacional Civil and private individuals.